Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

An Irish peat mine has become a stunning sculpture park.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large part in Dublin.

This Copper beech tree nestled on a nature reserve is host to a bevy of autographs from Irish literary icons.

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.

A stunning medieval castle owned and restored by the famed actor Jeremy Irons.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

A guitar mounted on a wall in Temple Bar honors the Irish musician.

A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.

A gated cross stands on the site where an Irish revolutionary met his end.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

The remains of a 13th-century Franciscan friary have survived multiple attempts at destruction, most recently in 1921.

The largest stone circle in Ireland.

A retired military stronghold on the rolling green coast of Donegal.